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Book Review: Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation, Sri Craven
Book Review: Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation, Sri Craven
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Book under review: Klien, R. (2017). Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation. Victoria: Australia. Spinifex Press.
Interdisciplinary: Feminist Teaching, Research And Activism, Jamie P. Ross
Interdisciplinary: Feminist Teaching, Research And Activism, Jamie P. Ross
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Feminists' interdisciplinary work is a critical response to claims that disciplinary expertise provides real knowledge. Interdisciplinary teaching, research, and activism emerge in opposition to claims that only certain kinds of ideas are valuable. This paper will briefly delineate those concepts that have created an intellectual tradition that does not recognize the political and strategic elements entailed by all knowledge formation. Feminist activism is a reaction to the narrowly defined boundaries of what counts as a good idea. The distinction between passive and active knowledge acquisition allows us to view feminist teaching, research, and activism as active, ongoing engagements that emerge …